And just like that, Frank Brunacci announced that he'd served his last meal at Sixteen, the splendid restaurant on the 16th floor of Trump International Hotel & Tower. Chef de cuisine Joseph Rose, who has been at the restaurant for three years, is the interim chef while the hotel (quoting from the Trump's press release here) "conducts a search for a new executive chef."

The release also says that Brunacci has "chosen to pursue his life's passion in another field," which is either spruced-up corporate boilerplate; or a suggestion that Brunacci might spend a little more time at Franks 'N Dawgs, the Lincoln Park operation run by brother Alexander and Lillian Velasquez-Brunacci, who is Frank's wife; or maybe he'll throw himself into thechefsdiamond.com, Lillian's online truffle-importing business. Or maybe (we can hope) he'll launch another Chicago restaurant project.